fixing the auto update

Author: Matthias Rütten

src/main/autoUpdates.ts

@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
-import { ipcMain } from 'electron'
+import { ipcMain, app } from 'electron'
 import { autoUpdater } from 'electron-updater'
 import * as log from 'electron-log'
 import * as path from 'path'
 
 export const setupAutoUpdater = () => {
     autoUpdater.autoDownload = false
 
-    if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production') {
+    if (!app.isPackaged) {
         // __dirname is the "dist" folder
-        autoUpdater.updateConfigPath = path.join(__dirname, '../dev-app-update.yml')
+        const updateConfigPath = path.join(__dirname, '../dev-app-update.yml')
+
+        log.info(`Updating the auto updater config path to "${updateConfigPath}".`)
+        autoUpdater.updateConfigPath = updateConfigPath
     }
 
     ipcMain.on('download-and-install-update', () => {

webpack.renderer.config.js

@@ -59,9 +59,6 @@ module.exports = merge.smart(baseConfig, {
             tsconfig: 'tsconfig-renderer.json'
         }),
         new webpack.NamedModulesPlugin(),
-        new HtmlWebpackPlugin(),
-        new webpack.DefinePlugin({
-            'process.env.NODE_ENV': JSON.stringify(process.env.NODE_ENV || 'development')
-        })
+        new HtmlWebpackPlugin()
     ]
 });